This is my personal blog which I began in February 2001. I called it The Obvious? when I wrote anonymously and chose the name to reflect the fact I have to overcome my inhibitions about stating the obvious!

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OK I don't write thousands of words a day (aren't you lucky) but it looks like I am not alone:

I feel very conflicted about taking my annual blog hiatus this August. But I'm going to do my best to take a break. If some catastrophe occurs, I'll be back. But blogging each day, sometimes thousands of words a day, is a wonderful but grueling way to write. I think bloggers do well to take time out. We can lose perspective, stop thinking in longer form, and also get exhausted.